Cognition and Development PSYA3 June 2016 Predictions AQA Psychology

Cognition and Development Predictions For June 2016 PSYA3

My Cognition and development predictions for PSYA3 and the June 2016 exam is next up. Cognition and development is a popular third topic and similar to perception in that it has some foreign concepts you need to learn which makes it slightly harder however it is comparatively smaller than popular third topics like Sleep and biological rhythms. If you can grasp cognition and development easily enough, it’s a doddle to revise for as you don’t need to memorise as many essays. My last ebook I wrote was for this topic and proved really popular – I never intended to cover cognition and development but it was mostly due to the constant emails I got from you all telling me how badly you wanted it that I caved and spent the next few months of my spare time writing it.

Firstly lets take an overview of the specification element for this topic:

The definitive A* essay answers for the cognition and development topic for PSYA3

This is taken from the specification itself and highlights to us exactly what we need to learn – This shows us that there is 7 possible essay questions which can be asked on the various topics. So going into the exam you need to make sure you have all 7 memorised and nailed as they will ask them in pretty much a set way.

Download A* Model Essays For Cognition and Development Here

If you’re studying cognition and development for PSYA3, I released an ebook that covers all the possible questions which has A* model essays for every question. Last year I predicted this correctly and a lot of students were able to prepare for this question really well with the help of this ebook. It has immense detail and will make this topic a doddle to learn but also help you brush up on your essays by giving you good theory and evaluation points to source from. You can then add these to your own essays to top up your marks and hit those top bands. This is also really useful if you haven’t created all your essays and need to quickly do them but also see what A* standard you need to be working towards in your writing to hit those top bands. You can download it instantly by clicking the image on the right – it’s here if you’re struggling and left things late or want that little bit of extra reassurance.

My Cognition and Development Predictions For June 2016

Heres my predictions table and thoughts on what may come up below:

To access the predictions, help support Loopa by hitting the LIKE button (while logged into Facebook) to unlock the table and predictions below – if it doesn’t work straight away just hit LIKE/UNLIKE and then LIKE again while waiting a second or two between presses- sometimes it takes a few tries. You may also need to try clear your cookies and try again if it still doesn’t work.

Facebook

Twitter

Google+

Facebook

Twitter

Google+

So last year I got this spot on with my frontrunner – let’s hope the gods favour my predictions again this year. Looking at this there’s a few jumping out at me. There’s 7 possible essays in total but I’m going to try narrow it down to 3 or 4 you want to focus on the most, some obviously more than others.

My frontrunner is biological explanations of social cognition – This last appeared in June 2011 and this wasn’t even a full essay and only a 13 marker. A full essay is therefore well overdue as its been 7 exam windows since it has appeared in any form. I would definitely prep for this going in.

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development – Hasn’t appeared in 4 exam windows and is a popular and important part of this topic, literally the first thing you learn in it. I would prep for this as it’s my second favourite to appear and its not appeared in any form for a while.

Applications of cognitive development theories into education – This has only ever appeared as a 12 marker and this was back in 2013. It never appeared prior to that so a full essay is likely now I think. My spider-sense says this is probably just as likely as the two above.

Development of a child’s sense of self – I didn’t want to really narrow it down to 4 topics to focus on (I aim for 3 or half at least) but the facts speak for themselves and this table as well as my gut has to acknowledge that it has been 4 exam windows since it appeared and that was only as a 12 marker. Prior to that a full essay only appeared in June 2011. This in my opinion is way too long for it to be discounted and you should prep for this as your fourth choice essay going into the psychology exam.

So these are my thoughts on the model essays I would prep for the most going into these A level psychology exams. All are almost just as likely really due to how they have appeared but you can see which are really overdue and in theory AQA should hopefully cover these outstanding topics before this topic is phased out of this spec.

So those are my thoughts – what do you think? While you’re here why not be awesome and follow me on twitter or subscribe to me on Youtube and get more revision help with your psychology course. You can also join over 13k (thousand) students and teachers on the Loopa facebook page here: www.Facebook.com/aqapsychology

Since 2012 I've helped literally thousands of students achieve some amazing grades for A level Psychology and get into their chosen universities - Even schools across the UK now use my resources. If you're studying Psychology why not Follow me on Twitter, LIKE my Facebook page or subscribe to my YouTube channel and get tons of free resources and updates and see just how well you can do too.